Category Archives: Dig Michigan

The Daily Michigan: 5# of Dried Cherries from Cherry Republic

February 1, 2012 – 8:46 am

Here’s the first of our new The Daily Michigan features, and one of our readers will win 5 pounds of tart cherries! All you need to do to be eligible is to let us know you want to win. We hope you’ll sign up to receive our daily email (Monday – Friday) but if that’s [...]

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February is National Cherry Month!

February 1, 2012 – 7:20 am

Michigan Cherries by jdurchen Did you know that Michigan is the largest producer of Montmorency tart cherries, growing 70-75% of the crop? February is National Cherry Month, and the Cherry Marketing Institute (link below) has bushels of info about the history and present state of the cherry industry including growing research showing that antioxidants in tart [...]

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Michigan and the Super Bowl

January 31, 2012 – 2:28 pm

Here’s the most Michigany commercial – Chrysler’s Halftime in America spot: While there’s nowhere near the degree of Michigan hype this year as there was in 2006 when Detroit hosted Super Bowl XL, we have a few points of Michigan interest for when the New England Patriots meet the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI (46) [...]

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February Michigan Event Calendar

January 30, 2012 – 8:30 am

Iron Works #2 – Cranbrook by MikeRyu Our Michigan February Event Calendar shows that the more the weather tries to keep us holed up, the more ways we find to get out and have fun!! Of course, there’s still many, many more and we invite you to fill us in on other February events in [...]

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What’s great about the Great Lakes State?

January 26, 2012 – 12:57 pm

Michigan officially became a state on January 26, 1837 which was a Thursday as well! Many (many) more fun facts at #Mich175 = Happy 175th Birthday Michigan!! on Michigan in Pictures. We continue our Michigan’s 175th Birthday Bash giveaway today. What’s more, we’ve had so much fun doing a giveaway a day that we’re going to see [...]

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Absolute Michigan Giveaway: Boyne Mountain & Boyne Highlands Ski Tickets

January 25, 2012 – 6:16 pm

All January we have been giving away ski tickets to Michigan resorts in our January Ski Month Giveaway. Our last giveaway is to one of the pioneering ski resorts in Michigan. boyne highlands lodge by northernlightphotograph Boyne Mountain started in 1947 when Detroit native Everett Kircher moved to northern Michigan to build a ski resort. [...]

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See Detroit Rockers Sponge at the Emerald Theatre

January 25, 2012 – 3:54 pm

One of the items in our Michigan’s 175th Birthday Bash Giveaway is a pair of tickets to see Sponge! Just sign up for our email list if you’re not already on it in the blue box at the bottom of the page! Detroit’s beloved rock sons – Sponge – will offer fans a rare treat [...]

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Seeking Michigan: Michigan’s “Birth Certificate” Comes Home

January 25, 2012 – 7:56 am

By LeRoy Barnett, Michigan History Magazine and courtesy Seeking Michigan and the Archives of Michigan. The goal of Seeking Michigan is simple: to connect you to the stories of this great state. Visit them regularly for a dynamic & evolving look at Michigan’s cultural heritage and see more stories from Seeking Michigan at Absolute Michigan. Note: [...]

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Michigan International Auto Show in Grand Rapids – January 26-29, 2012

January 24, 2012 – 2:41 pm

Michigan turns 175 Thursday and Absolute Michigan is giving away a whole bunch of prizes to people on our email list to celebrate! One of the items is 2 tickets to the Auto Show – you can sign up for our list at the bottom of this article. Smile by pairadocs The Michigan International Auto Show returns [...]

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Northern Lights a strong possibility in Michigan!

January 24, 2012 – 8:00 am

NASA’s Space Weather site is the place to go for Aurora Borealis forecasting as they help make sense of the data the space agency receives about solar flares and their impact on earth’s atmosphere. Yesterday they gave Northern Lights watchers a lot of hope with this news: This morning, Jan. 23rd around 0359 UT, big [...]

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